She never leaves a back up person. She always tells me way in advance that something is coming up. I suppose if I were to mention that I couldn't handle it we'd brainstorm possibilities, but every year she takes a long vacation and I've always been fine with it.

Right now, I have some personal and family things going on that are huge and life changing so I'm not handling things very well. I have to go to work everyday and I'm barely getting through the day without breaking down and crying. I'm counting the days until she's back and it's torture. How do others get through times like this?